3. TIL that while Alcoholics Anonymous claims the program, based on self-reported d...

TIL that while Alcoholics Anonymous claims the program, based on self-reported data, worked for 75 percent of people, a psychiatry professor from Harvard Medical School found the success rate to be actually only 5 to 8 percent.

When I was young I was forced into a rehab and AA without drinking. The admitting nurse lied to me about where I was going and refused to answer any questions. They just insisted I had been black out drunk when I tried to identify triggers for my depression. I was forced to attend AA meetings. I was doped on more drugs than I had ever done in my life. I started trying to repeat their mantra in hopes they'd let me go. I was told I was reeking of alcohol after they admitted me. I told them if I was reeking of alcohol something else was wrong with. It was horrible. Even my bloodwork/urinalysis came back negative for drugs alcohol.

I nearly committed suicide 10 years later because I was so terrified of going to the mental hospital. I didn't report being drugged because I was terrified. In my opinion it's a life ruining POS cult.

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